I know I only posted the first chapter yesterday but I just kept writing so here you go.

Word count: 1,473 Thinking

I only own Tora, nothing else

Tora and Diego made their way down the hill carefully. Tora paused as a confusing scent blew her way and she could tell Diego smelled it too. She glanced at him, wondering if her nose was deceiving her. Two different scents were mixing and blowing up to them, sloth and mammoth. They reached a place where they could look down and a strange sight greeted them. A sloth was trying to climb the waterfall with the baby in its arms. A mammoth was looking up at it and seemed to be talking to him. From their position, Tora realized, they could leap onto the mammoth or sloth and grab the baby. The baby started slipping out of the sloths grasp and Tora dug her claws into the ground, worry coursing through her. The baby was no use to Soto if the stupid sloth killed it before they could take it. The sloth had the baby in his foot and screamed for the mammoth.

Exchanging a glance with her brother, she leapt forward when the baby fell. Grabbing it in her mouth she whirled around, only to have the mammoth hit her and take the baby when she opened her mouth in shock. Diego took a swipe at the mammoth before it pulled away and looked as though it was going to hit him. Realizing this would get him nowhere, Diego cleared his throat.

"Umm, that pink thing belongs to my sister and I." Tora resisted the urge to roll her eyes at her brother's statement. Honestly mammoths certainly aren't that stupid. No one would truly believe that it is ours.

The sloth, who was still clinging to the wall, laughed. "No, actually that pink thing belongs to us." As he said this, the sloth slipped and fell, landing on his head. It took great control for Tora to not laugh.

"Us?" She asked in amusement. Diego was smiling too and finished her sentence. "You two are a bit of an odd couple."

The mammoth glared at the sloth and snapped, "There is no us!" Diego rolled his eyes at the bickering 'couple'. "I see. Can't have one of your own so you want to adopt."

Tora tensed as Sid started to pull the baby away from them. "Look, I'm sorry to interrupt your snack, but we gotta go."

"The baby?" Tora cut in, jumping down to Sid's level, hoping to stall them. "Please, we were returning him to its herd."

The sloth scoffed and kept pulling the baby away. "Nice try buck teeth!" Diego growled and followed the sloth. "You calling us liars?"

The sloth gulped and leaned away from Diego. "I didn't say that!" Tora circled around him and rolled her eyes. "You were thinking it!" She growled. The sloth looked around and found the mammoth before stage whispering, "I don't like these cats, they read minds."

This seemed to remind Diego of the mammoths presence because he turned to him. "Names Diego, friend." Tora turned her attention away from the sloth and nodded to the mammoth. "Tora." She said quietly.

The mammoth glared at them before saying, "Manfred. And I'm not your friend!" Diego was silent for a second, obviously composing himself. "Fine, Manfred."

The sloth had picked up the human again and was walking away. Tora could practically see the wheels turning in her brother's head as he thought quickly. "If you're looking for the humans, you're wasting your time. They left this morning."

Tora nodded, although it did nothing to sway the mammoth. Left she thought to herself. Good choice of words Diego. The mammoth turned away from them while saying, "Thanks for the advice. Now beat it, both of you!" He turned to the sloth and began arguing with him. As they turned and walked away, Diego growled darkly.

Tora nudged her brother, grabbing his attention again. "I know it's frustrating but calm down." They watched the pair walk away before Tora turned away, Diego following. They made their way up the cliff, leaping from rock to rock. They made it to the top a few moments after the mammoth and sloth. They stayed back and let them explore the camp. Only once they had truly realized the humans were gone did they come forward. The baby was sitting in the basket, watching them.

"I told you they were gone." Tora said, her paws crushing the bed that the baby was sleeping in not long before.

"Well look who it is! Don't you two have some innocent animal to disembowel?" Manny asked sarcastically. The sloth moved back and forth around the camp. "They couldn't be far." He said, looking around. "I mean, they went this way," he paused and looked the other way, apprehension in his voice as he said, "or this way."

Diego rolled his eyes at the incompetent sloth. "You don't know much about tracking, do you?" The sloth shrugged and picked up a stick that was lying on the ground, breaking it in half. "I'm a sloth. I see a tree, eat a leaf. That's my tracking."

Tora rolled her eyes and sniffed the ground carefully, pretending to look for clues. "You didn't miss them by much." She said. Diego picked up a stick and examined it carefully. "It's still green. They headed north two hours ago." The sloth picked up the sticks he had broken and stuffed them in his cheeks. "It's still green, they headed north two hours ago." He mocked.

Tora worked her claws in the ground but was careful not to let the mammoth see her. Honestly! She silently hissed. How are we going to get the baby if this stupid sloth and mammoth are here. The baby crawled out of the basket and hit a stick. A fish that had been abandoned shot in the air and flopped onto Manny's face. Tora fought the amusement as she stepped forward with Diego. She sat close to the baby, claws hooked around it's diaper.

"You don't need this aggravation." Diego reasoned, watching Manny closely. "Give us the baby." When he said this, Tora pulled the baby closer to her, almost against her chest. She knew it was risky but she was hoping the mammoth wouldn't go for him if he was so close to her. "We can track down humans a lot faster than you can." Tora's plan sadly didn't work as the mammoth pulled the baby away from her. "And, you two are just good citizens helping out?"

"We just know where the humans are going." Diego said, pulling the baby back towards them, ready to give it to his sister. "Glacier pass." Manny said. Tora cursed under her breathe at the mammoths reasoning. "Everyone knows they have a settlement on the other side." Once again, the baby was pulled away from Tora.

"Unless you know how to track," Tora said, trying to keep the annoyance from her voice. "you'll never reach them before snow closes the pass." Diego nodded and added, "Which should be, like, tomorrow." Confidence growing, Diego continued, "So, you can give that baby to us, or go get lost in a blizzard. Your choice!"

Manny lifted the baby up and swung it towards the two sabers. Tora opened her mouth to grab him, only to have it swept past her and into the arms of the sloth. "There's your little bundle of joy." Manny said as he avoided looking at the tigers. "We're returning it to the humans." Both tigers growled as Sid turned and smirked.

"The big, bad tigey-wigeys gets left behind. Poor tigey-wigeys." Tora growled and was ready to bite his neck when Manny cut in, "Sid, the tigey-wigeys are gonna lead the way." The sloth smiled nervously and waddled towards Manny saying, "Manny, can I talk to you for a second?"

"No"! The mammoth snapped. "The sooner we find the humans, the sooner I get rid of Mr Stinky Drool-Face, and the baby, too." Tora smirked as she followed the mammoth.

"You won't always have Jumbo around to protect you. And when that day comes, I suggest you watch your back," Diego growled. Tora smirked as she came up on the other side of the sloth. "Cos we'll be chewin' on it." She said with a threatening tone in her voice. "Hey! Uber-trackers!" The mammoth called. "Up front where I can see you two." Tora smirked as she heard Sid whine, "Help me!"

She and Diego padded in front of the mammoth as they continued on towards half peak. Tora glanced over her shoulder, watching the baby carefully. The sloth was still holding the baby, waddling quite slowly after the mammoth. Manny was watching them uneasily but it didn't seem like he was going to do anything to them. Exchanging a glance with her brother, she smiled. This might be easier than I thought.

Review for a Diego plushi!

Diego: What?

ME: calm down you big baby!

Exerpt from next chapter: "Well, I'm not exactly lactating right now, pal!" Sid snapped before glancing at Tora. "I was thinking.." He never finished that sentence because Tora growled and unsheathed her claws. "Stop thinking